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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 30/03/2007.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

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Biography:

A grammarian of the imperial age, Philemon has now been dated to ca. 200 CE on the basis of several pieces of evidence, which are not of the same value:

1) Oros¹ (5th c. CE) could offer a terminus ante quem, if he is in fact the source, through Choerobo…